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Resident accuses Bethlehem Parking Authority of misconduct; council schedules follow‑up review
Summary
A resident told council he received an unlawful parking ticket tied to kiosk software failures and said a magistrate found him not guilty; Councilman Callahan asked for a committee‑level review of the Parking Authority’s procurement, transparency and handling of citizen requests.
A Bethlehem resident told City Council that the Bethlehem Parking Authority (BPA) wrongly issued and then defended a parking ticket after parking‑payment kiosks failed to accept his payment. Robert Drechsinger said he and his wife paid at SteelStacks but later could not pay at on‑street kiosks and received ticket no. 396685 on Aug. 8, 2025; he said he disputed the ticket online and lost at first, but at a magistrate hearing presented evidence including screenshots and said a BPA representative admitted a third‑party kiosk software "glitch." Drechsinger…
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